Manila, July 3 -- Dedicated ticket booths for students riding the Light Rail Transit (LRT) and Metro Rail Transit (MRT) will ease their access to fare discounts, Senator Raffy Tulfo said Thursday, following complaints over long lines and tedious verification procedures.

The proposal came as the Senate Committee on Public Services received multiple reports from students discouraged by the current system, which they described as "time-consuming and inconvenient."

"The goal of the student fare discount is to make transportation more accessible to learners -not to create new obstacles for them or for other commuters," Tulfo said in a news release.

Tulfo's team conducted inspections on July 2 and spoke with students who shared difficulties ...